Affiliation:
1. Laboratoire de Santé Animale, UMR BIPAR, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, INRAE, ANSES, F-94700 Maisons-Alfort, France
Abstract
The enormous volume of blood ingested by hard ticks during their long attachment period is without a doubt the hallmark of their biology. Maintaining a homeostatic balance between ion and water intake and loss during their feeding is critical to preventing osmotic stress and death. Exactly 50 years ago, Kaufman and Phillips published a series of three consecutive papers on “Ion and water balance in the ixodid tick Dermacentor andersoni”, Journal of Experimental Biology (1973): I. Routes of ion and water excretion, 58: 523–36; II. Mechanism and control of salivary secretion 58: 537–547; and III. Influence of monovalent ions and osmotic pressure on salivary secretion 58: 549–564. This classic series significantly expanded our knowledge of the unique regulatory processes governing ion and water balance in fed ixodid ticks, highlighting its uniqueness among the blood-feeding arthropods. Their pioneer work had an enormous impact on understanding the vital role of salivary glands in these actions, and ultimately provided a consequential stepping stone for a new era of hard tick salivary gland physiological research.
Funder
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
LABORATOIRE D’EXCELLENCE “INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY of EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Immunology and Microbiology,Molecular Biology,Immunology and Allergy
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